List of sword-and-sorcery films

The following is a list of sword-and-sorcery films. These tend to focus on single heroes, romance, and magic. ^[1]

List

1920s

• Die Nibelungen (1924)

1940s

• The Iron Crown (1941)
• Kashchey the Deathless (1944)

1950s

• The Magic Sword (1950)
• Prince Valiant (1954)
• Ilya Muromets (1956)
• The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959, animated)
• Hercules Unchained (1959)

1960s

• Hercules in the Haunted World (1962)
• Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
• The Magic Sword (1962)
• Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
• Hercules the Avenger (1965)
• Treasure of the Petrified Forest (1965)
• The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968, anime)

1970s

• Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
• Wizards (1977, animated)
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• The Hobbit (1977, animated)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978, animated)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

1980s

• Black Angel (1980)
• Hawk the Slayer (1980)
• The Return of the King (1980, animated)
• Clash of the Titans (1981)
• Dragonslayer (1981)
• Excalibur (1981)
• Heavy Metal (1981)
• The Archer (TV film) (1982)
• Ator l'invincibile (1982) (Ator 1)
• The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
• The Beastmaster (1982)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982)
• The Flight of Dragons (1982, animated)
• The Last Unicorn (1982, animated)
• Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982)
• Hero (1982)
• The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
• Sorceress (1982)
• Conquest (1983)
• Ironmaster (1983)
• Thor the Conqueror (1983)
• Deathstalker (1983)
• Fire and Ice (1983, animated)
• Hearts and Armour (1983)
• Hercules (1983)
• Hundra (1983)
• Krull (1983)
• The Throne of Fire (1983)
• Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion (1984) (Ator 2)
• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• The Devil's Sword (1984)
• The NeverEnding Story (1984)
• Sword of the Valiant (1984)
• The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
• Barbarian Queen (1985)
• The Black Cauldron (1985, animated)
• Ladyhawke (1985)
• Legend (1985)
• Red Sonja (1985)
• Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
• Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
• Amazons (1986)
• Highlander (1986)
• The Barbarians (1987)
• Deathstalker II (1987)
• (Mio in) The Land of Faraway (1987)
• Stormquest (1987)
• Iron Warrior (1987) (Ator 3)
• Masters of the Universe (1987)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Deathstalker III (1988)
• Willow (1988)
• Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
• Erik the Viking (1989)
• Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)

1990s

• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
• Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990) (Ator 4)
• Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
• Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
• Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1991)
• Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991) ^[2]
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• Quest of the Delta Knights (1993)
• The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
• Yamato Takeru (1994)
• First Knight (1995)
• Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996)
• Dragonheart (1996)
• Kull the Conqueror (1997)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)

2000s

• Dungeons and Dragons (2000)
• Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
• Demonicus (2001)
• The Hexer (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Scorpion King (2002)
• Ariana's Quest (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Barbarian (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
• Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
• BloodRayne (2005)
• Wolfhound (2006)
• Beowulf (2007)
• In the Name of the King (2007)
• The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
• The Pagan Queen (2009)

2010s

• Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010) ^[3]
• Conan the Barbarian (2011) ^[4]
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
• In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
• Ronal the Barbarian (2011, animated)
• Your Highness (2011)
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• Epic (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
• Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
• Mythica: The Darkspore (2015)
• Mythica: The Necromancer (2015)
• Mythica: The Iron Crown (2016)
• Mythica: The Godslayer (2016)
• Warcraft (2016)
• Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)

2020s

• Dragonheart: Vengeance (2020)
• The Spine of Night (2021)
• The Green Knight (2021)
• The Northman (2022)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
• Mythica: Stormbound (2024)
• Red Sonja (2025)

See also

• List of high fantasy films and TV series
• Peplum (film genre)

References

1. McCullough V, Joseph A. (20 March 2022). "The Demarcation of Sword and Sorcery".
2. allmovie.com
3. Sequel to The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982).
4. New interpretation of the Conan mythology (not a remake of the 1982-movie of the same name).